Scott v. Pittsburgh
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 52, Oct. T., 1919, by plaintiff, from decree of C. P. Allegheny Co., April T., 1919, No. 186, dismissing bill in equity in case of William Scott v. City of Pittsburgh, E. V. Babcock, Mayor, and John Swan, Director of the Department of Public Works. Bill in equity for an injunction. Before Brown, J. Demurrer to bill. The court entered a decree sustaining the demurrer and dismissing the bill. Plaintiff appealed. Error assigned was the decree of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Simpson,
Plaintiff filed a bill in equity against the City of Pittsburgh and certain of her officials to enjoin the extension of a public road or alley, called Archon way, an ad*54ditional fifty feet through, his property to the line of a neighbor. He averred the city had passed an ordinance for the opening as th.e result of and in compliance with the terms of an agreement between the city and his neighbor, which set forth that the extension was necessary for the proper development and use of the neighbor’s property, who had, therefore, agreed to pay whatever damages were…
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